Financial toll: At many US churches, pandemic hits collection plates, budgets
HOLLY MEYER and HALELUYA HADERO, of The Associated Press, report on the financial stresses facing US churches…
Essay: Yes, US Catholic Church got billions in federal coronavirus aid — and thank goodness
US Catholic commentator CHARLES C CAMOSY, in an article first piblished on Religion News Service, responds to an AP investigation into money loaned to Catholic organisations through the US federal Paycheck Protection Program…
After lobbying, Catholic Church won $US1.4 billion in virus aid – AP
New York City, USAP The US Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $US1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexual abuse cover-ups. The church’s haul may have reached […]
Essay: Why this Baptist pastor signed up his church for a Paycheck Protection Program loan
US Baptist pastor RYAN BURGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, talks about why his church has signed up to a government loan scheme…